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Calendering & Precision Flattening

Mesh, felt and expanded metal rolled between precision rolls to a set thickness and a flat, smooth face. 21 products in the catalog are made with this process.

How it is made

Cloth, laminates or expanded sheet pass between hardened calender rolls under controlled pressure. Wire crossings are flattened, thickness is held to a few microns and the aperture is fixed before sintering, cutting or pleating.

What the process can do

Thickness tolerance to about ±0.01 mm; woven cloth, dutch weaves, sintered laminates, fiber felt and flattened expanded metal.

Best for

Filter discs and packs, sintered mesh, dutch weave filter cloth, shaker screens and flattened expanded mesh.

Limits

Heavy calendering reduces open area and can close fine apertures.

Design & ordering tips

Specify the finished thickness and whether the micron rating applies before or after calendering.

Products made by calendering & precision flattening

Other manufacturing processes

A roll of stainless steel plain weave wire mesh partially unrolled on a workbench, square weave clearly visible, industrial

Woven Wire Mesh (Weaving)

96 products
Wire Crimping & Heavy Weaving

Wire Crimping & Heavy Weaving

8 products
A stack of stainless steel welded wire mesh panels with square openings in a fabrication shop, forklift in the background

Welded Wire Mesh & Wire Forming

14 products
A large stainless steel round hole perforated metal sheet with staggered holes, angled light showing depth, factory setting

Perforated Metal (Punching)

40 products
Expanded Metal (Slit & Stretch)

Expanded Metal (Slit & Stretch)

11 products
Cross-section of five-layer sintered stainless wire mesh showing the bonded layers, technical macro

Sintered Media (Diffusion Bonding)

19 products
A roll of crimped knitted stainless steel wire mesh sleeve showing interlocking loops, industrial product shot

Knitted Wire Mesh

4 products
A flat stainless steel wedge wire screen panel with precise parallel slots and support rods, viewed at a low side angle

Wedge Wire (Profile Wire Welding)

6 products
A round brushed stainless steel rain shower head face plate with hundreds of tiny etched nozzle holes

Photo-Chemical Etching

25 products
Microscope-style macro image of a small round metal nebulizer mesh plate with a dense central field of microscopic holes

Laser Drilling & Cutting

4 products
Extreme macro of an electric shaver head showing a curved thin silver foil with a pattern of tiny hexagonal holes

Electroforming

5 products
A polished stainless steel double-layer pour-over coffee filter cone with a rolled rim, sitting on a ceramic mug

Deep Drawing, Stamping & Forming

44 products
Pleated stainless steel mesh filter cartridges with welded end caps, close-up of the pleats, industrial lighting

Pleating

3 products
A rectangular electropolished stainless steel wire mesh sterilization basket with handles, filled with surgical instruments

Surface Finishing & Coating

31 products
A stack of round multi-layer extruder screen packs with spot-welded wire mesh layers beside a breaker plate

Filter Fabrication & Assembly

86 products

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